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The Saturday List: Tony Award-winning Leading Actresses Who’ve Never Appeared in a Best Musical Nominee

Posted on June 15, 2024 by David Fick

In today’s Saturday List, we dive into some Broadway trivia and take a look at some exceptional talents who have won Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical at the Tony Awards over the years – but who have never graced the stage in a production that clinched a nomination for Best Musical. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 42nd Street, A Little Night Music, A Streetcar Named Desire, Angel in the Wings, Bebe Neuwirth, Bette Midler, Broadway at the Bowl, Cabaret, Carnival in Flanders, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago, Chita Rivera, Cynthia Erivo, Darling of the Day, David Wayne, Delores Gray, Eden Espinosa, Fiddler on the Roof, Finian's Rainbow, Flora the Red Menace, Follies, Gayle Rankin, Gone With the Wind, Grace Hartman, Gypsy, Hello Dolly!, Hugh Button Shows, It Shoulda Been You, Lempicka, Liza Minnelli, Love Life, Maleah Joi Moon, Mr President, Natalia Makarova, Natasha Richardson, On Your Toes, Patricia Routledge, Sweet Charity, The Act, The Addams Family, The Color Purple, The Colour Purple, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Pajama Game, The Rink, Tovarich, Tyne Daly, Vivien Leigh, Wicked | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: A Little Gwen Verdon, A Lotta Talent

Posted on January 13, 2024 by David Fick

Grab your jazz shoes and get ready to dance into the unparalleled brilliance of Broadway’s own dynamo, Gwen Verdon! Continue reading →

Posted in Broadway, The Saturday List | Tagged Abe Burrows, Academy Awards, Ann Reinking, Anna Christie, Bob Fosse, Bob Merrill, Brecht, Broadway, Can-Can, Chicago, Chita Rivera, Cole Porter, Cy Coleman, Damn Yankees, David Shaw, Dorothy Fields, Douglass Wallop, Eugene O'Niell, Fred Ebb, George Abbott, Guys and Dolls, Gwen Verdon, Hans Conried, Herbert Fields, Jerry Ross, John Kander, Michael Kidd, Music Hall, Musical, Neil Simon, New Girl in Town, Oscar Hammerstin II, Redhead, Richard Adler, Richard Kiley, Richard Rodgers, theatre, Thelma RItter, West End | 2 Comments

The Saturday List: A Fine, Fine Life for I’D DO ANYTHING’s Nancies

Posted on March 12, 2022 by David Fick

Where are they now? A look at where the 12 musical theatre performers who competed for the role of Nancy in I’D DO ANYTHING, the 2008 BBC talent show cum reality series that searched for performers to play Oliver and Nancy in the 2009 London revival of the show, are today. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Little Night Music, A Taste of Honey, Academy Awards, Alice Playten, Amélie, Amy Booth-Steel, Andrew Lippa, Ashley J Russell, Barry Manilow, Bend it Like Beckham, Betty Blue Eyes, Boy George, Bruce Prochnik, Bugsy Malone, Cabaret, Can't Smile Without You, Caroline or Change, Chernobyl, Chicago, City of Angels, Cleo Royer, Come From Away, Davy Jones, Dick Whittington, Dirty Dancing, Dreamboats and Petticoats, Eddie Redmayne, Fargo, Footloose, Francesca Jackson, From Here to Eternity, Frozen, Georgia Brown, Hugh Wheeler, I'd Do Anything, Jessie Buckley, Jodie Prenger, john & jen, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Judy, Keisha Amponsa-Banson, Les Misérables, Lionel Bart, Little Shop of Horrors, Love Never Dies, Mamma Mia!, Million Dollar Quartet, Monty Python's Spamalot, Musical Theatre, Niamh Perry, Oliver!, Once, Oscars, Pobol Y Cwm, Pretty Woman, Rachel Tucker, Rhonda Graam, Robin Hood, Samantha Barker, Sarah Lark, School of Rock, Shakespeare, Shirley Valentine, Shrek, Sister Act, Snow White, Stand Tall: A Rock Musical, Stephen Sondheim, Sting, Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd, Taboo, Tara Bethen, The Beautiful Game, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Last Ship, The Light Princess, The Lion King, The Little Prince, The Lost Daughter, The Pajama Game, The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, The Woman in White, Tina the Musical, Tina Turner, Tom Greenwald, Tori Amos, We Will Rock You, Wicked, Women's Month | 2 Comments

The Saturday List: Ten Best Anti-Love Songs

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Tjaart van der Walt

Nobody I know enjoys dating. But experience tells us that there are good dates to be had. And so do musicals. So let’s take a look at ten great musical theatre dates – just in time for Valentine’s Day! Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged Chess, Chicago, Company, First Date, Hamilton, Les Misérables, My Fair Lady, The Last Five Years, The Phantom of the Opera, Thoroughly Modern Millie | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: Broadway’s 10 Longest-Running Musicals Ranked!

Posted on January 29, 2022 by David Fick

One way of measuring success in musical theatre is the length of a musical’s Broadway run. Of course, that’s just one measure of success and it certainly doesn’t always take craft and artistry into account. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Chorus Line, ABBA, Alain Boublil, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Beauty and the Beast, Bob Fosse, Catherine Johnson, Cats, Charles Hart, Cher, Chicago, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Edward Kleban, Elton John, Fred Ebb, Gregory Maguire, Hans Zimmer, Harold Pinter, Harold Prince, How Musicals Work, Howard Ashman, Jacques Levy, James Kirkwood, John Kander, Jules Feiffer, Julian Woolford, Julie Taymor, Kenneth Tynan, Lebo M, Linda Woolverton, Mamma Mia!, Marvin Hamlisch, Nicholas Dante, Oh! Calcutta!, Peter Schickele, Richard Stilgoe, Robert Dennis, Stanley Walden, Stephen Schwartz, T. S. Eliot, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, Tim Rice, Wicked, Winnie Holzman | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: The Marvin Hamlisch Musicals Countdown

Posted on December 19, 2015 by David Fick

The Marvin Hamlisch story is the subject of a brand new show, I’M PLAYING YOUR SONG. In today’s “Saturday List”, Musical Cyberspace takes a look at Hamlisch’s five greatest musicals. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Chorus Line, Alan Swerdlow, Bernard Jay, Bethany Dickson, Bianca le Grange, Blood Brothers, Bob Crowley, Cabaret, Carole Bayer Sager, Chicago, Christopher Wheeldon, Craig Carnelia, Craig Urbani, David Kramer, David Zippel, Dean Balie, Don Black, Drama Desk Awards, Edward Kleban, Every Little Step, Grant Almirall, Howard Ashman, I’m Playing Your Song, Jean Seberg, Joan Brickhill, Joburg Theatre, Jodi Benson, John Guare, Jonathan Roxmouth, KickstArt Theatre Company, Little Shop of Horrors, Louis Burke, Marloe Scott-Wilson, Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Kidd, Mike Huff, Mixing Bowl Productions, Montecasino, Neil Simon, Nicholas Hytner, Orpheus in Africa, Pieter Toerien Productions, Samuel French, Sharon Spiegel-Wagner, Shrek, Singin' in the Rain, Sister Act, Smile, Sne Dladla, Steven Stead, Sweeney Todd, Sweet Smell of Success, The Goodbye Girl, The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Nutty Professer, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Way We Were, Theatre on the Bay, They're Playing Our Song, Toni Jean Erasmus, Tony Awards | Leave a comment

THE SATURDAY LIST: Musical Theatre Related Things that Get Me Excited

Posted on August 23, 2014 by David Fick

It’s time for another “Saturday List” and today I thought I would share some musical theatre related things that get me excited. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Chirstmas Story, A Family Affair, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Benj Pasek, Bernarda Alba, BroadwayWorld, BroadwayWorld South Africa, Carrie Underwood, Chicago, Christian Borle, Dogfight, Dreamgirls, Edges, Grease, Hello Again, Into the Woods, iTunes, James and the Giant Peach, Justin Paul, Laura Benanti, Lucky Stiff, Marie Chrisine, Michael John LaChiusa, Nine, Opera News, Oscars, Peter Pan, Rob Ashford, Roland Perold, Shirley MacLaine, The Last Five Years, The Music Man, The Snow Queen, The Sound of Music, The Wild Party, You Bet Your Life!, YouTube | 2 Comments

The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1970s Musicals

Posted on March 23, 2013 by David Fick

The Saturday List this week features some of my favourite songs from 1970s musicals. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Little Night Nusic, Annie, Bruce Kimmel, Chicago, Company, Dick Tracy, Dolly Parton, Dorothy Loudon, Every Little Step, Evita, Follies, Godspell, Grease, Gypsy, Into the Woods, James Lapine, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mack and Mabel, Melba Moore, Pacific Overtures, Pippin, Purlie, Putting It Together, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, Tennessee Williams, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, THe Rocky Horror Show, The Royal Variety Performance, The Wiz, They're Playing Our Song, West Side Story, YouTube | Leave a comment

INTERVIEW: Lenora Nemetz in THE EXAMINER

Posted on July 17, 2011 by David Fick

Here’s an interesting interview with Lenora Nemetz, the actress who originated the role of Fritzie in Cabaret, who understudied and then went on to replace both Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera in Chicago, who understudied Liza Minnelli in The Rink … Continue reading →

Posted in General News | Tagged Cabaret, Chicago, Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon, Gypsy, Lenora Nemetz, Liza Minnelli, The Rink | 1 Comment

May Madness: Musicals That Didn’t Win Tony Awards

Posted on May 27, 2011 by David Fick

May is a mad month. A month of random musings about various topics related to musical theatre. Feel free to share your thoughts on each topic in the comment box below. Musicals That Didn’t Win Tony Awards What do Gypsy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Tony Awards | Tagged 1776, Aida, Chicago, Contact, Funny Girl, Grease, Gypsy, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Mamma Mia!, Marie Christine, The Wild Party, Tony Awards, Two Gentlemen of Verona | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Chicago

The Saturday List: Tony Award-winning Leading Actresses Who’ve Never Appeared in a Best Musical Nominee

The Saturday List: A Little Gwen Verdon, A Lotta Talent

The Saturday List: A Fine, Fine Life for I’D DO ANYTHING’s Nancies

The Saturday List: Ten Best Anti-Love Songs

The Saturday List: Broadway’s 10 Longest-Running Musicals Ranked!

The Saturday List: The Marvin Hamlisch Musicals Countdown

THE SATURDAY LIST: Musical Theatre Related Things that Get Me Excited

The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1970s Musicals

INTERVIEW: Lenora Nemetz in THE EXAMINER

May Madness: Musicals That Didn’t Win Tony Awards

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